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Title:The colonial heritage of legal pluralism: the British scheme
Author:Bentsi-Enchill, KwamenaISNI
Year:1969
Periodical:Zambia Law Journal
Volume:1
Issue:2
Pages:1-30
Language:English
Geographic terms:Zambia
Great Britain
Subject:reception of foreign law
Abstract:The article presents an extract from the first part of the A.'s book 'Law in a changing Africa From colonial pluralisrn to the integration of legal systerns'. Parts: 1. The formal sources of legal pluralism - 2. The standard formula for the reception of English law and its problems (introductory; the English law reception clause itself; problems of interpretation) - 3. The formula for the recognition of native law and custom (the conditions of validity, the problem of ascertainment) - 4. Problems concerning the choice of law rules (native law and custom as between natives; the exceptions; as between natives and non-natives; the residual rule).
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